The article says nothing about “skilled people who work with their hands” specifically, so it’s unclear what is being refuted here. However there are people in

The article says nothing about “skilled people who work with their hands” specifically, so it’s unclear what is being refuted here. However there are people in the workforce who don’t identify with their work. Those are likely not in professions that Marx thought of when he wrote about alienation, but instead are Uber Eats delivery drivers, call centre workers, flight attendants on low-cost airlines, nurses in mediocre hospitals, and so on.